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#200: T/R Switch w/ PIN Diodes and Lumped Element Quarter-wavelength transmission line

w2aew 30,684 10 years ago
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This video describes and demonstrates a simple, single-band, low-power, electronic transmit / receive switch using PIN diodes an a quarter-wavelength RF transmission line. A lumped element equivalent of the 1/4 wavelength line is discussed and built into a PIN diode based T/R switch, and the operation is demonstrated on the oscilloscope. This video builds upon a few prior videos, listed here: #118: Basics of PIN Diodes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XpYsCM_Wf50 #82: Using Diodes as Switches: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBNIq_d56sA #62: Tracking generator showing quarter wavelength transmission lines: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbnllGycQws The notes for this video can be found here: http://www.qsl.net/w2aew/youtube/TRswitch.pdf

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